HM Revenue and Customs

Sniffer dog Boo.

Sniffer dog Boo has a nose for the job in crackdown on illegal tobacco

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Early benefit and pension payments for millions ahead of Bank Holiday

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Urgent deadline to boost State Pension with NI top-ups looms

Some of the seized counterfeit cigarettes

Washington man said 2million counterfeit cigarettes were for own use

Claims for tax credits must be renewed each year, otherwise the benefit could be stopped.

Millions urged to check for letter from HMRC or risk losing thousands

Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates are set to increase with the new financial year in April.

Child Benefit payment is set to increase in April - here’s by how much

Parents warned to check child benefit or risk £100 fine and tax charge

Final furlough figures

Five thousand still furloughed when support ended

Furlough figures

Hundreds off furlough as support scheme winds down

You could be eligible for up to £125 if you have been working from home due the pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Millions still eligible for £125 tax refund for working from home - how to claim...

More come off furlough scheme

Thousands come off furlough in Sunderland

Furlough numbers fall

1,500 come off furlough in Sunderland

Houghton and Sunderland South. MP Bridget Phillipson. Picture by FRANK REID

Thousands of Sunderland workers still on furlough as support winds down

Have you checked if you're eligible for the payment? (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to claim up to £125 tax relief if you have been working from home due to Cov...

'Beverage serving' saw the highest return to work rate in April as pubs began to reopen

Sunderland jobs furlough count falls - but number of men using scheme rises

Childcare cash

More in Sunderland sign up for childcare help
More parents in Sunderland are getting help with the cost of childcare through a Government scheme, new figures reveal
Alex Ross

45,000 helped by furlough scheme

45,000 in Sunderland helped by furlough scheme

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Lockdown sends furlough numbers up

One in ten Sunderland jobs have been furloughed

One in ten jobs in Sunderland furloughed

Wearside does over £3bn worth of business with Europe

Warning over Wearside's £3bn EU trade

House sales in Sunderland generated £5m in stamp duty last year

Sunderland's £5m stamp duty bill

Construction workers made the most claims for Government help during the virus crisis

Help for self-employed hits £13m in Sunderland

Millions have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Up to 27,000 employers wrongly claimed furlough money - here's how to report you...

Thousands of teenagers are expected to enjoy a windfall this month, as Child Trust Funds begin to mature (Photo: Shutterstock)

Child Trust Funds: how to check if you are due money - and how to claim

If you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Bank holiday payments: when Universal Credit and other benefits will be paid

Government loses £2.4bn in fuel revenue due to lockdown

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Third of Sunderland jobs placed on furlough
Nearly 40,000 jobs in Sunderland have been covered by the Government furlough scheme to combat the coronavirus crisis, new figures show.
Katie Williams

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

How to sign up for the Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The government’s Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) was recently extended by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s the important deadline date for the Self Employment Income Support Scheme...

The second bank holiday weekend of May is fast approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why your benefits could be paid early this month

Easter weekend is shortly approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could alter slightly (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why your benefits could be paid early in April 2020

If you’re a regular recipient of tax credits, you might have noticed that your payment has gone in earlier than usual in March 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why your tax credits were paid early in March 2020

High earners could be stripped of 40 per cent of their pension tax relief in next month’s budget (Photo: Shutterstock)

High earners face cuts to pension tax relief in the new budget - here’s how it c...

Are you sure you're on the right tax code? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Millions of people are overpaying on tax - here’s how to make sure your code is ...

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This is when Universal Credit, Child Benefit and Tax Credit will be paid over Ea...

The Hays Travel staff who have opened the new shop in Gilbridge House.

Sunderland travel firm Hays Travel is on the move

Durham University's Palatine Centre

Revenue warning to students over fake tax refund offer

Gilbridge House

New city centre HQ for Hays Travel as it buys key building

The Stadium of Light.

South Shields businessman spent 'stolen' tax on Disneyland holidays and Sunderla...

St James's Park was raided by tax officials in April.

Newcastle United await High Court ruling over documents seized by tax officials

The gang attempted to smuggle more than 1.8million cigarettes into the UK.

Ringleaders of Durham tobacco smuggling gang put behind bars

Tax-Free Childcare is designed to allow more parents to get back to work.

10 things every parent should know about Tax-Free Childcare

Mrs Margaret Burns is made an MBE by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace. Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive.

Civil servant receives MBE at palace ceremony

Burniston's haul.

See the Â£1.8million cigarette haul that landed one man in jail

Luxury watch fraudster Darren Reay.

Houghton luxury watch fraudster jailed for three years after dodging Â£1.25milli...

The contraband cigarettes.

Pair caught with nearly 800,000 contraband cigarettes could face jail

Buying a pair of flip-flops was one of the more expense claims revealed by HMRC.

Revealed: Top 5 worst tax return expense claims

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